All articles by Jeremy Kay – Page 536
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News'Transpecos', 'Tower' among SXSW audience award winners
Greg Kwedar’s Transpecos won the Narrative feature competition audience award and Keith Maitland’s Tower the documentary prize on Saturday night.
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NewsKino Lorber acquires 'The Tenth Man'
The distributor has picked up US rights from FilmSharks to Daniel Burman’s recent Panorama opening night selection in Berlin.
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NewsTribeca to host 'Taxi Driver' 40th anniversary screening
Martin Scorsese will join Robert De Niro, Jodie Foster, Cybill Shepherd, and writer Paul Schrader for a post-screening conversation.
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NewsJessica Lange, Naomi Watts to star in 'Doll'
Indigenous Media, the media company launched by Jon Avnet, Rodrigo Garcia and Jake Avnet, will produce the adaptation of Jean Nathan’s book, The Secret Life Of The Lonely Doll.
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News'Zootopia' to cross $500m global
Zootopia has reached $320.2m via Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures International as studio executives aim to capitalise on debuts in Australia and Brazil.
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NewsScreening Room proposal divides Hollywood
MARCH 17 UPDATE: M Night Shyamalan and Brett Ratner have added their voices against the proposed distribution model that continues to fuel controversy in the run-up to CinemaCon next month.
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NewsTribeca unveils first Digital Creators programme
Tribeca Film Festival director Genna Terranova on Thursday unveiled an inaugural market and screening series geared towards showcasing digital and online work and connecting creators with buyers, producers and agents.
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NewsNorth American briefs: GKIDS sets English voice cast for 'April'
Plus: CinemaCon names Male Star Of Tomorrow; Soda Pictures dates High-Rise; and more…
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NewsBroad Green Pictures developing 'The Fight Before Christmas'
The company has boarded Daddy’s Home writer Brian Burns to write his comedic holiday pitch.
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NewsRelativity secures $400m Maple Leaf funding
Ryan Kavanaugh’s embattled studio said on Wednesday it had closed a major equity financing deal with Michael Wexler and Tove Christensen’s Maple Leaf Films.
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NewsSundance Selects buys two from Fortissimo Films
EXCLUSIVE: The distributor has acquired North American rights to a pair of culinary documentaries – Ants On A Shrimp and Kampai! For The Love Of Sake.
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NewsFilmRise, Starz swoop on SXSW selections
FilmRise has acquired worldwide rights to filmmaker Jason Cohen’s documentary following its world premiere in Austin, Texas, at the weekend.
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NewsNorth American briefs: Focus sets release date for 'Loving'
Plus: RLJ Entertainment picks up Kickboxer: Vengeance; CinemaCon honour for Bryce Dallas Howard; and more…
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NewsSPHE strikes Momentum distribution pact
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment and eOne announced on Tuesday that SPHE will distribute films from eOne’s specialty label Momentum Pictures across physical and digital home entertainment platforms globally.
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NewsDisney sets 'Indiana Jones 5'
Disney has scheduled a July 19, 2019, release on the next episode in the adventure saga that will reunite Steven Spielberg and Harrison Ford.
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NewsAcademy issues show apology
On a day when the Academy unveiled new governors to reflect a more diverse representation, the body was forced to apologise on Tuesday for racially insensitive elements in its recent Oscar broadcast.
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NewsMickey Keating reveals 'Psychopaths' cast
EXCLUSIVE: The director of Sundance selection Carnage Park has unveiled the cast on his fifth feature, which recently wrapped principal photography.
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News'The Arbalest' triumphs at SXSW
Adam Pinner’s drama has been awarded the narrative feature competition grand jury award, the festival announced on Tuesday night.
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NewsNorth American briefs: Loews hotel deal to have 'no impact' on AFM
Plus: TIFF, Telefilm Canada partner on See The North; Film market researcher Richard Del Belso dies; and more…
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NewsArt House Convergence opposes Screening Room
MARCH 15 UPDATE: The group representing 600 distribution entities on Tuesday sent an open letter in protest over the distribution platform proposed by Napster co-founder Sean Parker and music industry executive Prem Akkaraju.